Etymograph

English

recouch

From re- + couch: compare French recoucher.

Formed from re- + couch

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Old French couche

Middle English couche ‘a movable or portable bed’

English couch

Today it means

verb To rephrase.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recouch”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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